42nd Street is one of the most famous streets in all of NYC. (Okay, Broadway and Wall St. have it beat, and maybe 34th Street…and maybe 57th and a few others…) 42nd Street cuts across Manhattan pretty much right in the middle of the island. At the east side (which is what the below picture shows), [...]
Archive for June 2008
The End of 42nd Street
June 20, 2008A Small Spalding Gray Memorial
June 19, 2008I’ve been to the area about five to seven times; Tompkins Square Park. One of my favorite spots is the Temperance Fountain. That fountain was established a hundred years ago to provide fresh water and (hopefully) wean people away from alcohol. I had never noticed that the pavers around the fountain had dedications. Not all [...]
Wall Street Subway Stop
June 18, 2008Strange as it may seem, one of the first subway stops I ever used in NYC was the Wall Street stop. It’s strange because I’ve only been through it about five times in four years and it was perhaps the second stop I used (having started from Grand Central). And as grand and huge as [...]
Re-Visiting the Berlin Wall
June 17, 2008I’ve posted on the New York City Berlin Wall exhibit before. I was walking by it again last Sunday and knew it was there. I just peeked over and noticed it was deserted. No big deal. I had my camera and took a quick snap. Once again, no big deal. I doubted I’d get a [...]
Library Walk on 41st Street
June 16, 2008Leading from Park Avenue and stopping at Fifth Avenue, right in front of the New York Public Library is a nice little memorial/salute/whatever. It’s Library Walk. On the sidewalk, in fact on both sides of the sidewalk, are brass plaques with literary quotations. Well, the first one doesn’t have a quote. It simply states that [...]
